Transgender Health Program: For Health Care Professionals
Refer a patient
The Transgender Health Program offers resources, training and help with referrals to health care professionals in the community. You’ll find our providers and their clinics below.
Contact us at 503-494-7970 or transhealth@ohsu.edu with questions.
- Please complete our Request for Transgender Health Services referral form.
- Some services have specific prerequisites for patients to be seen. Please make sure all fields on the form are complete.
- Fax the referral form to 503-346-6854.
Grand rounds: You're invited
Please join our quarterly series on issues generated by and important to the transgender and gender-diverse community. These learning opportunities aim to educate providers to:
- Eliminate disparities in health care
- Promote equity, healing and visibility
All sessions are online, noon to 1 p.m.
Upcoming events
* TGD = transgender and gender diverse
Continuing medical education
Accreditation: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit: OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Mental health providers: Write a letter of support
OHSU providers follow World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care, Version 8. This means some surgical referrals require a mental health letter of support. The letter should be written by a licensed mental health provider. If written by an unlicensed provider, the letter should be attested to and co-signed by a licensed supervisor.
- Please use this fillable mental health letter of support template to complete the letter.
- Fax the letter to 503-346-8310.
Transgender Health Program training
The Transgender Health Program provides training and classes to health care professionals and offices. We can help you provide hormone therapy and other forms of gender-affirming care in a welcoming environment. Learn more:
- Standards of Care Version 7, World Professional Association for Transgender Health
- The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, 2nd Edition, and other publications, National LGBT Health Education Center, Fenway Institute
- Creating a Safe and Welcoming Clinic Environment, Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
- Transgender Sexual and Reproductive Health: Unmet Needs and Barriers to Care, National Center for Transgender Equality
- Organizing for Transgender Health Care: A Guide for Community Clinic Organizing and Advocacy, Transgender Law Center
Contact us
Continue your education
- Visit our Patient Education and Events page and Continuing Professional Development page to look for CME opportunities in transgender care.
- Read a course outline of our “Introduction to Gender Diversity: Care and Treatment of Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) People Across the Lifespan” training.
- Fill out the Education and Consultation Request form
Stay connected
- Track your patient’s care: EpicCare Link gives you easy online access to your patient's shared electronic medical records.
- Provider relations: OHSU’s Provider Relations Team can help you resolve issues, enroll in or learn how to use EpicCare Link, and access continuing education opportunities.